Language
Language - a key element of cultural identity - plays a crucial role in the formation of norms. To study the mechanisms underlying certain social behaviors (such as the propensity to homophobia), it is useful to have access to individuals' mental representations....
Medicine and Public Health
The evolutionary approach, and in particular the consideration of natural selection processes and evolutionary trade-offs, has led to multiple applications in medicine, and can open up many avenues to current health issues.
Primatology
The Evolutionary Anthropology team conducts two long-term field programs on natural populations of non-human primates in Africa living in contrasting ecosystems
Human Evolution
Our evolutionary history has shaped many traits selected in response to various socio-ecological environments. Our team studies local adaptation and Darwinian paradoxes.